The Cincinnati Daguerreotypes of 1848
Exploring in high detail an America that was newly industrializing and soon to war with itself
Expect a lot of Republican talk about the apocalypse
As Richard Nixon understood, anger and resentment are the ties that bind American conservatism
The incoherence of the Republican battle in Iowa
GOP social and economic policies are incoherent and none of the candidates knows how to hide that
Are American conservatives the new French?
Libya suggests that conservatives want chest-beating glory more than they want success
And God will give Gov. Rick Perry a dog whistle
Yesterday’s prayer rally gave us Rick Perry, sectarian leader, dooming his shot at the presidency
The wisdom of the New York Times comments section
Times readers know the debt ceiling debate is bogus, but it works on them anyway
Patti Smith sends me to the Chelsea Hotel
The Chelsea, she writes, was like a doll’s house in the Twilight Zone. Indeed.
The unlikely face of hip-hop
Delia Derbyshire and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop explored the boundaries of sound
Letter from Japan the day WWII ended
My grandfather’s firsthand account of the destruction of Japanese cities
Watching Dante in 3-D in a cathedral, and other New York transgressions
For a night, the New Museum turns all of Nolita into a video art space
Rare color images of the Great Depression
The Depression in color is caught between deprivation and an idealized small-town American life
Guerlain container: Paris, late-19th century
A 19th C container by Guerlain, the French perfume house, ends up on the Bowery in New York